Friends and family will say their final goodbyes Tuesday and Wednesday to Ray Williams, the former Mount Vernon High School basketball great who played 10 seasons in the NBA.

A wake will take place for the former Knicks guard, known on the court as "Sugar Ray," from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Allen Memorial Church of God in Christ in Mount Vernon. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, also at Allen Memorial Church. A reception will follow at the Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Club.

Williams was a first-round pick drafted 10th overall out of the University of Minnesota in 1977 by the Knicks, playing two stints with the team. He signed with the Nets as a free agent in 1981 and then was traded to the Kansas City Kings before he was traded back to the Knicks in 1983. He then played for Boston, Atlanta and San Antonio before being traded to the Nets, where he finished his career after the 1986-87 season.

He scored 10,158 points in his NBA career, averaging 15.5 points and 5.8 assists per game.

When he retired in 1987, Williams battled bankruptcy following a slew of bad investments, according to published reports, eventually finding himself homeless, sleeping in old vehicles in Pompano Beach, Fla., for more than a year.

To help him get back on his feet, former teammates from the Boston Celtics supplied him with cash. In recent years, Clinton Young, then the mayor of Mount Vernon, hired him to work for the city. Williams also remarried in 2011.